In October 83, the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with the help of the British, officially began to organize and train the Beiyang New Army, which is expected to take three to four years, and a total of 10 Zhenxin Army, with a total of 125,000 people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

At the time of the initial compilation, at the request of the Empress Dowager Cixi, Li Hongzhang set two of the ten towns of the Beiyang New Army to be composed entirely of Manchus.

It's just that when it was time to really train, Li Hongzhang found that he couldn't find many qualified Manchurians, and finally reluctantly formed a town, mixed with a small number of Han people, this town was later the first town of the Beiyang Army, stationed in Yanjing, guarding the safety of Yanjing. (This place name is a bit messy, and Yanjing will be used in the future)

In October '85, after two years of reorganization and training, the second town stationed in Tianjin, the third town stationed in Baoding, and the fourth town stationed in Taiyuan were reorganized one after another, and they were officially formed into an army, separated from the name of the new army, and became the Beiyang Army.

After the official formation of the army, Li Hongzhang, who had returned to China, took the Manchu ministers to the second town of the Beiyang Army to inspect the officers and soldiers of the second town.

Li Hongzhang looked at the neat and disciplined officers and soldiers in front of him, and sighed with emotion in his heart: "This is the real strong army!" ”

Thinking that Zuo Jigao led an army of 150,000 to encircle and suppress the "short-haired thieves", but was defeated by less than 30,000 "short-haired thieves", and the "short-haired thieves" became a nightmare in the hearts of the Manchus.

Now, when Li Hongzhang and Weng Tonggong saw the mighty and majestic Beiyang Army in front of them, they seemed to have seen the scene of the "short-haired thief" being exterminated and the great powers being defeated.

The British instructor standing next to Li Hongzhang also praised the Beiyang Army, saying that the Beiyang Army is the most powerful army in Asia, and that the Beiyang Army is vulnerable in front of the Beiyang Army.

In their opinion, the fact that the Beiyang Army can be recognized by the British means that the Beiyang Army does have that strength, not a porcelain doll that looks good but breaks at the slightest touch.

The completion of the reorganization of the Beiyang Army in the three towns made Li Hongzhang feel a little relieved in his heart, the Manchu Qing Dynasty had the trouble of "short-haired thieves", and there were many foreign enemies such as Tsarist Russia, France, and Yueben, and if they were not careful, the Manchu Dynasty was very likely to fall, and in order to save the Manchu Dynasty, Li Hongzhang himself had to go to Europe to find support.

Now, with these three Zhenbeiyang Army, plus the six Zhenbeiyang Army that completed the reorganization in the future, the Manchu Qing finally had a powerful army to defend the country.

Seeing the strength of the Beiyang Army, the Manchu court quickly ordered the second, third, and fourth towns of the Beiyang Army to rush to Susu Province, Shaanxi Province, and Hubei Province respectively.

The Manchu court was afraid that this powder keg would suddenly explode and blow up the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the three towns of the Beiyang Army would be transferred over, so that the Manchu court could rest assured, and when the remaining new army training was completed, it was time to encircle and suppress the "short-haired thieves".

The ministers of the Manchu court also knew that with the Beiyang Army of the three towns and the 600,000 miscellaneous troops that had been besieging Siqi, especially the 600,000 miscellaneous army, most of them were militias with little combat effectiveness, which was not enough to defeat the "short-haired thieves".

The Manchus also obtained certain information from Siqi and knew that the "short-haired thieves" would also expand their army, so the Manchus did not act rashly.

The Manchus knew that the Beiyang Army was strong, but they didn't know how strong it was, after all, the Beiyang Army had not experienced actual combat, and it was not enough to just say it with words.

Moreover, Li Hongzhang, who had just returned from Europe not long ago, brought back a powerful weapon from Europe -- the Makqin heavy machine gun, and Li Hongzhang suspected that the "short-haired thieves" were likely to be equipped with powerful weapons similar to the Makqin heavy machine guns, otherwise the 150,000-strong army that encircled and suppressed the "short-haired thieves" for the first time would not have been defeated so easily.

In order to arm the Beiyang Army, Li Hongzhang also fought hard, and the price of a small-caliber artillery Makqin heavy machine gun, Li Hongzhang bought 100 units, and he will purchase them in the future.

The order for the Beiyang Army to be mobilized had not yet been issued from the Manchu court, but the news of the completion of the reorganization of the three towns of the Beiyang Army spread rapidly, and the reactions of all parties were very different.

Tsarist Russia looked at the Manchu Qing Dynasty carelessly, and did not pay attention to the three towns of the Beiyang Army that had been trained, Tsarist Russia and the Manchu Qing Dynasty were directly bordered by land, and Tsarist Russia could mobilize a large number of troops from Europe at any time, even if the Beiyang Army of the ten towns was all trained, there would be no fear at all.

The French in Vietnam were a little wary of this matter, after all, the French stationed in Vietnam only had more than 10,000 troops, and if the Beiyang Army of ten towns came to attack Vietnam, they would not be able to resist it, but before that, the Manchus had to eliminate the "short-haired thieves" first, and the next target could be themselves, and the French themselves did not believe that this backward and ignorant Manchu dared to do it to themselves, so the French did not react much.

However, compared with Tsarist Russia and France, he reacted very violently, mobilized 10,000 troops from the mainland to Korea, and built a large number of fortifications on the Korean border, fearing that the Manchus would attack.

He said that he was bold, but it did not mean that he was stupid, and that neither the army nor the navy could catch up with the Manchus, and if he did not prepare in advance, it would be too late for the Manchus to fight.

At the same time, he did not care whether the Koreans lived or died, and as long as he could see that he could use something, he would snatch it back and develop himself as much as possible.

Everyone knows that the Beiyang Army has been fully trained, and the first target is the "short-haired thief", but the Han Kingdom, which was the first to get the news, did not react much like Tsarist Russia and France.

The four main divisions of the Han army with a total of 60,000 people are stationed in the four directions, and there are three second-class divisions that have just been trained, even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty mobilizes all the troops to attack Siqi, the Han army also believes that it can be defended, and the Han army will not be passively beaten, the creed of the Han army is "Attack is the best defense!" ”

Although the Han army has not changed, Yan Xueyi has watched every move of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and once the Ministry of Intelligence gets any important news, it will be quickly sent to Yan Xueyi.

The strength of the Beiyang Army should not be underestimated, so Yan Xueyi prepared in advance, and multiple special teams of the Ministry of Intelligence infiltrated it, hoping to disintegrate the Beiyang Army, and even turn the Beiyang Army against him.

Yan Xueyi wanted to know what the Manchu Qing would be like if the Beiyang Army was rebelled.

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